Evaluation of a proactive approach to health care in Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- G20Parkinson disease
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031092
- Lead Sponsor
- Philipps Universität Marburg - Klinik für Neurologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 340
Inclusion Criteria
1. patients (m/f/d) with a clinical diagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson's Syndrome (IPS).
2. severity Hoehn & Yahr stage I-IV
3. at least 18 years old
4. good knowledge of German
5. able and willing to give consent
6. able to remember information, use it to make a decision, and communicate decisions through speech, sign language, or other means
Exclusion Criteria
1. other diseases affecting cognition are present (e.g. tumors etc.)
2. refusal or inability to participate in the study
3. other comprehension and communication difficulties that interfere with inclusion criteria (e.g., language problems)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of the study is health-related quality of life measured by the 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39).<br>The primary outcome will be examined at the following time points: baseline (t0), monthly (t1-5) and after 6 months (t6).<br><br>Peto, V., Jenkinson, C., & Fitzpatrick, R. (1998). PDQ-39: a review of the development, validation and application of a Parkinson's disease quality of life questionnaire and its associated measures. Journal of neurology, 245 Suppl 1, S10–S14. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00007730
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method subjective well-being, burden on informal caregivers, utilization of health care services, medical costs